Elements of Music (QCAA)

Pitch is split into 3 categories. What are they?

• Contour, Scales & Harmony

• Melody, Harmony & Tonality

• Melody, Tonality & Chords

• Scales, Chords & Melody

Answer explanation

Pitch is the only Element of Music that is deliberately split this way.

Define Pitch

• how high or low the note is

• the relative amplitude of sound

• the relative frequency of sound

• the unrelative size of sound

Answer explanation

Yes, pitch basically is how high or low the note is. But the technical term used is 'frequency'. How often the sound wave happening per second.

Eg, the A in the middle of the keyboard, occurs 440 times a second

define Melody (2 answers)

• the horizontal arrangement of sound

• the tune

• the vertical arrangement of sound

• the ways in which combinations of sounds progress throughout a piece of music

• the organisation of pitches that establishes tonal relationships

define Harmony (more than 2 notes at once) (2 answers)

• the horizontal arrangement of sound

• the tune

• the vertical arrangement of sound

• the ways in which combinations of sounds progress throughout a piece of music

• the organisation of pitches that establishes tonal relationships

define Tonality

• the horizontal arrangement of sound

• the tune

• the vertical arrangement of sound

• the ways in which combinations of sounds progress throughout a piece of music

• the organisation of pitches that establishes tonal relationships

Which concepts are directly related to Melody? (select all that apply)

• contour (shape)

• rhythms

• dynamics

• motif

• modulation (key changes)

Which concepts are directly related to Harmony? (select all that apply)

• consonance and dissonance

• chords

• cadences

• motif

• monophony, polyphony & homophonny

Which concepts are directly related to Tonality? (select all that apply)

• rhythms

• contour

• scales

• modulation (key changes)

• keys & modes

Define Duration

• the relative frequency of sounds in music

• characteristic quality of sound sources, or tone colour

• how long the notes are

• the relative lengths of sounds and silences in music

Which concepts are directly related to Duration? (select all that apply)

• beat & pulse

• tempo

• scales

• rhythm

• syncopation